Digital photograph group editing and access

ABSTRACT

A process of managing a digital photo involves capturing the photo using a digital camera; communicating the photo to a server system; the server system identifying faces of people in the photo; the server system matching the faces to the communication addresses of portable devices of the people; and the server system communicating the photo to the portable devices.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 to U.S. provisionalapplication No. 61/749,629, filed on Jan. 7, 2013, and under 35 U.S.C.119 to U.S. provisional application No. 61/750,147, filed on Jan. 8,2013, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

Digital photography is increasingly popular especially with theinclusion of camera functionality in most wireless telephones andportable music players. A need exists for people to control therecording and distribution of digital pictures that include them.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the drawings, the same reference numbers and acronyms identifyelements or acts with the same or similar functionality for ease ofunderstanding and convenience. To easily identify the discussion of anyparticular element or act, the most significant digit or digits in areference number refer to the figure number in which that element isfirst introduced.

FIG. 1 is an illustration of an embodiment of a photo processing system.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a process embodiment for processing a digitalphoto.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a process embodiment for processing a digitalphoto.

FIG. 4 is a machine network embodiment for implementing an embodiment ofa photo processing system.

FIG. 5 is a server system embodiment for implementing an embodiment of aphoto processing system.

FIG. 6 is a mobile device embodiment for implementing an embodiment of aphoto processing system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Preliminaries

References to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” do not necessarilyrefer to the same embodiment, although they may. Unless the contextclearly requires otherwise, throughout the description and the claims,the words “comprise,” “comprising,” and the like are to be construed inan inclusive sense as opposed to an exclusive or exhaustive sense; thatis to say, in the sense of “including, but not limited to.” Words usingthe singular or plural number also include the plural or singular numberrespectively, unless expressly limited to a single one or multiple ones.Additionally, the words “herein,” “above,” “below” and words of similarimport, when used in this application, refer to this application as awhole and not to any particular portions of this application. When theclaims use the word “or” in reference to a list of two or more items,that word covers all of the following interpretations of the word: anyof the items in the list, all of the items in the list and anycombination of the items in the list, unless expressly limited to one orthe other.

“Logic” refers to machine memory circuits, machine readable media,and/or circuitry which by way of its material and/or material-energyconfiguration comprises control and/or procedural signals, and/orsettings and values (such as resistance, impedance, capacitance,inductance, current/voltage ratings, etc.), that may be applied toinfluence the operation of a device. Magnetic media, electroniccircuits, electrical and optical memory (both volatile and nonvolatile),and firmware are examples of logic.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that logic may be distributedthroughout one or more devices, and/or may be comprised of combinationsmemory, media, processing circuits and controllers, other circuits, andso on. Therefore, in the interest of clarity and correctness logic maynot always be distinctly illustrated in drawings of devices and systems,although it is inherently present therein.

The techniques and procedures described herein may be implemented vialogic distributed in one or more computing devices. The particulardistribution and choice of logic will vary according to implementation.

GLOSSARY

-   -   (analog) in this context refers to information encoded in a        continuously varying (non quantized or nondiscrete) signal. A        continuously variable wave is an example of an analog signal.        For example, in the case of wireless phones, analog transmission        is where the sound waves of a person's voice are converted        directly to specific, continuously-variable characteristics of a        radio wave, and vice-versa. Analog signaling is being replaced        by digital signaling in most machines and machine networks.    -   (antenna) in this context refers to A physical device that        facilitates the transmission and reception of radio waves. Older        phones used external antennas while most current phones use an        internal antenna. The size and shape of the antenna is designed        according to the type of radio waves being used. Antennas are        used in systems such as radio and television broadcasting,        point-to-point radio communication, wireless LAN, mobile phones,        radar, and spacecraft communication. Antennas come in a variety        of shapes and sizes. Some wireless phones contain internal        antennas, while others have antennas that extend above the        phone. The size and shape of an antenna is carefully designed        and tuned to the type of radio wave being transmitted and        received.    -   (application server) in this context refers to logic that        provides resources to execute applications and makes features of        those applications available to client devices over a network        communication channel.    -   (application) in this context refers to Also, logic that causes        a computer to perform tasks beyond the basic operation of the        computer itself. The term “application” may be abbreviated in        some contexts to simply “app”. An application may be logic built        upon or integrated with operating system logic. Examples of        application logic include enterprise software, accounting        software, office suites, graphics software, games, web browsers,        and media players. Applications may be bundled with the computer        and its system software or published separately. Application        logic applies the capabilities of a particular computing        platform or system software to a particular purpose. Some        applications are available in versions for several different        platforms; others have narrower requirements and are thus        called, for example, a Geography application for Windows or an        Android application for education or Linux gaming. (Operating        system (logic)) in this context refers to    -   (ASIC) in this context refers to Application-specific integrated        circuit    -   (audio) in this context refers to a representation of sound        within a device or a physical storage or communication media,        typically as either analog or digital signals    -   (baseband) in this context refers to The original band of        frequencies produced by a transducer, such as a microphone,        telegraph key, or other signal-initiating device, prior to        initial modulation. In wireless voice, the sound frequencies of        the voice, before it is encoded and transmitted.    -   (battery) in this context refers to a device comprising of one        or more electrochemical cells (which may be referred to as        ‘stages’) that convert stored chemical energy into electrical        energy. a chemical energy source. Rechargeable batteries are        revitalized with a charger that usually needs to be plugged into        a power source; such as, an electrical outlet or a car cigarette        lighter for a recharge.    -   (BIOS) in this context refers to (Basic Input/Output System),        also known as System BIOS, ROM BIOS or PC BIOS is a definition        of an interface to input and output devices of a machine. The        BIOS are typically initializes and tests the machine I/O        components, and loads a bootloader or an operating system from a        mass memory device. The BIOS additionally provides abstraction        layer for the hardware, i.e. a consistent way for application        programs and operating systems to interact with the keyboard,        display, and other input/output devices. Variations in the        system hardware are hidden by the BIOS from programs that use        BIOS services instead of directly accessing the hardware. Many        operating systems ignore the abstraction layer provided by the        BIOS and access the hardware components directly. The Unified        Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that        defines a software interface between an operating system and        platform firmware. UEFI is meant to replace the Basic        Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface.    -   (BlueTooth) in this context refers to logic for exchanging data        over short distances (using short-wavelength radio transmissions        in the ISM band from 2400-2480 MHz) from fixed and mobile        devices, creating personal area networks (PANs) with high levels        of security. Bluetooth is a wireless protocol for exchanging        data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices,        creating personal area networks. There are two important        parameters of Bluetooth devices—class and supported profiles.        “Class” signifies the distance at which a Bluetooth connection        is possible. Most mobile devices are Class 2, which means they        have a range of up to 10 m. Class 1 devices are rare and have a        range of up to 100 feet. A “profile” is a type of Bluetooth        connection. The most common are the Headset (HSP) and Handsfree        (HFP) profiles that enable the device to connect to a wireless        headset or handsfree. Some other profiles are OBEX (OBject        EXchange) which allows transfer of files, contacts and events;        A2DP, which adds support for streaming of stereo sound and AVRC,        which allows remote control of playback. Standard IEEE 802.15.1,        is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short        distances (using short-wavelength radio transmissions in the ISM        band from 2400-2480 MHz) from fixed and mobile devices, creating        for example personal area networks with levels of security.    -   (bridge) in this context refers to logic to enable two or more        communication networks, or two or more network segments, to        create an aggregate network. Bridging is distinct from routing        which allows the networks to communicate independently as        separate networks. A network bridge is a network device that        connects multiple network segments.    -   (browser) in this context refers to logic that is operated by a        device to access content and logic provided by Internet sites        over a machine network. Browser logic provides a human-friendly        interface to locate, access, utilize, and display content and        logic encoded by web sites or otherwise available from servers        of a network (such as the Internet).    -   (bus) in this context refers to a collection of coordinated        conductors through which data is transmitted from one part of a        device to another. You can think of a bus as a highway on which        data travels within a computer. The term bus may refer to an        internal bus, a bus that connects all the internal computer        components to the CPU and main memory. There's also an expansion        bus that enables expansion boards to access the CPU and memory.        Types of internal busses are the address bus and the data bus.        The data bus transfers actual data whereas the address bus        transfers information about where the data is located in machine        memory. There are also external busses such as USB and Firewire.        The size of a bus, known as its width, is important because it        determines how much data can be transmitted at one time. For        example, a 16-bit bus can transmit 16 bits of data, whereas a        32-bit bus can transmit 32 bits of data. Every bus has a clock        speed. A fast bus allows data to be transferred faster, which        makes applications run faster.    -   (camera) in this context refers to a device that records images        and/or video, either as analog or as digital information        signals. Some mobile devices feature a camera that gives them        the ability to work as a digital camera. Often (though not        always) the camera is also able to shoot video. The most        important characteristics of a camera are the resolution        (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (either fixed or        automatic) and the presence of a flash. The flash could be        either LED (single or even double) or xenon. The number of        megapixels is not always a good measurement of the quality of        the photos, but if you plan to print pictures, you would        generally get higher quality ones out of higher megapixel        cameras. Auto focus lens are not a guarantee of better image        quality, but fixed focus cameras are usually inferior. Most        importantly, only auto focus cameras can allow shooting of        really close objects—i.e. macro shooting. Some phones offer        optical zoom but those are rare. Most use digital zoom, which        degrades the quality of the photo. Cameras that can work in        “video mode” are characterized by the maximum resolution and        framerate (frames per second or fps) of the recorded video. A        camera is a device that includes a light collecting chamber with        an aperture fitted with a lens and a shutter through which the        image of an object is projected onto a surface for recording (as        on film) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for        television broadcast).    -   (cellular network) in this context refers to (mobile network)        logic implementing a radio network distributed over land areas        called cells, each served by at least one fixed-location        transceiver, known as a cell site or base station. In a cellular        network, each cell uses a different set of frequencies from        neighboring cells, to avoid interference and provide guaranteed        bandwidth within each cell. When joined together these cells        provide radio coverage over a wide geographic area. This enables        a large number of portable transceivers (e.g., mobile phones,        pagers, etc.) to communicate with each other and with fixed        transceivers and telephones anywhere in the network, via base        stations, even if some of the transceivers are moving through        more than one cell during transmission.    -   (client device) in this context refers to any machine that        interfaces to a machine network to obtain resources from one or        more server systems.    -   (communication address) in this context refers to a machine code        that may be applied to affect machine network routing logic to        communicate signals from one machine to another across the        network.    -   (CPU) in this context refers to (Central Processing Unit), an        electronic circuit that operates as a main and general purpose        execution component for device logic.    -   (database server) in this context refers to one or more server        machines that provide storage and access (queries against)        database(s) on behalf of client devices.    -   (database) in this context refers to an organized collection of        data (states of matter representing values, symbols, or control        signals to device logic), structured typically into tables that        comprise ‘rows’ and ‘columns’, although this structure is not        implemented in every case. One column of a table is often        designated a ‘key’ for purposes of creating indexes to rapidly        search the database.    -   (display) in this context refers to A output device for visual        information. Display technologies, esp. for mobile devices, may        include CSTN, TFT, TFD or OLED. There are also types of        touchscreen displays, e.g. capacitive and resistive.    -   (DSP) in this context refers to (Digital Signal Processor)    -   (email) in this context refers to a form of electronic or        optical communications between devices, which takes the form of        exchanging messages from an author to one or more recipients.        Email communications typically operates across the Internet or        other device networks    -   (FPGA) in this context refers to field programmable gate array    -   (gateway) in this context refers to a network device that serves        as an interface to another network. Within enterprises, the        gateway routes traffic from an internal network (e.g., LAN) to a        wide area network such as the Internet. In homes, the gateway        may be provided by the ISP that connects the home to the        Internet. In enterprises, the gateway node often acts as a proxy        server and a firewall.    -   (hard disk) in this context refers to hard drive.    -   (HTML) in this context refers to HyperText Markup Language, a        standard markup language used to define web pages on the        Internet for viewing and interaction with web browsers    -   (image) in this context refers to information captured and        stored by a device representing a visual perception, usually a        two-dimensional picture. Images may be captured, stored, and        communicated by devices in either analog or digital formats.    -   (infrared) in this context refers to (IR) Infrared is a        line-of-sight wireless technology that uses a beam of invisible        light to transmit information. This means that the infrared        ports of both devices must be nearby and aimed at each other for        a connection to succeed. Infrared is the same technology used in        most remote controls for home A/V gear such as TVs. Some        smartphones are capable of controlling home A/V gear via        infrared. Software that mimics a universal remote control is        required, which may be included, or may need to be purchased        from a third party and downloaded to the phone. In early        smartphones, from 2001 to 2007, infrared was also used for        two-way exchange of data between phones, or between phones and        computers. The main standard for this was IrDA. This        functionality was then replaced by Bluetooth, which uses radio        waves instead of light. Bluetooth is faster, more reliable, and        more versatile than IrDA.    -   (IP) in this context refers to (Internet Protocol) a primary        protocol in the Internet protocol suite designed to enable        delivery of data packets from a source device to a destination        device based on an address (i.e., an IP address). IP defines        datagram structures that encapsulate the data to be delivered.        It also defines addressing mechanisms to identify the datagram        source and destination devices. IP is the protocol used for        communicating data across a packet-switched network used in most        publicly accessible networks today. Connections that mobile        devices make to GPRS, 3G and similar networks are made using IP.    -   (keypad) in this context refers to a device including an        arrangement of buttons or keys, to act as switches each        associated with a symbol. Pressing or activating a key inputs        the associated character to an attached device.    -   (LAN) in this context refers to logic implementing a network        that interconnects computers and devices in a defined area such        as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building.        LANs, in contrast to wide area networks (WANs), include usually        higher data-transfer rates, smaller geographic area, and lack of        a need for leased telecommunication lines. Ethernet over twisted        pair cabling, and Wi-Fi (Wireless LANs, or WLANs) are two common        technologies currently used to build LANs.    -   (load balancing) in this context refers to a resource cluster        and associated logic for distributing workloads across multiple        components or communication links. Load balancing may attempt to        optimize resource utilization in an even fashion, maximize        throughput, minimize response time, and avoid overloads. Because        it utilizes multiple components, load balancing may increase        reliability through redundancy.    -   (manifest) in this context refers to logic comprising a machine        memory organization identifying one or more of cargo,        passengers, and crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle. Where such        logic is limited to identifying passengers, it is a passenger        manifest; conversely, such logic limited to identifying cargo is        a cargo manifest.    -   (media) in this context refers to objects on which data can be        stored. These include hard disks, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, and        tapes. (2) In computer networks, media refers to the cables        linking workstations together. There are many different types of        transmission media, the most popular being twisted-pair wire        (normal electrical wire), coaxial cable (the type of cable used        for cable television), and fiber optic cable (cables made out of        glass). (3) The form and technology used to communicate        information. Multimedia presentations, for example, combine        sound, pictures, and videos, all of which are different types of        media.    -   (memory) in this context refers to a device having a machine        interface and storing data in the form of an altered        material/energy configuration. Two common types of device memory        are SAM, or Sequential Access Memory and RAM, or Random Access        Memory. Data on SAM devices is read and written in a sequence,        while data on a RAM device is read or written in any order.        Examples of SAM devices include CD-ROMS and magnetic tape. RAM        devices include flash drives and solid state hard drives. RAM is        usually faster than SAM. Other examples of device memory are        hard drives, flash drives, optical discs and RAM chips.    -   (memory) in this context refers to a device having a machine        interface and storing data in the form of an altered        material/energy configuration. Two common types of device memory        are SAM, or Sequential Access Memory and RAM, or Random Access        Memory. Data on SAM devices is read and written in a sequence,        while data on a RAM device is read or written in any order.        Examples of SAM devices include CD-ROMS and magnetic tape. RAM        devices include flash drives and solid state hard drives. RAM is        usually faster than SAM. Other examples of device memory are        hard drives, flash drives, optical discs and RAM chips.    -   (microphone) in this context refers to Also, an        acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound        into an electrical signal. Many microphones use electromagnetic        induction (dynamic microphone), capacitance change (condenser        microphone), piezoelectric generation, or light modulation to        produce an electrical voltage signal from mechanical vibration a        device that converts vibrations in a physical medium (e.g., air)        into electromagnetic signals (e.g., electrical signals)    -   (mobile device) in this context refers to any device that        includes logic to communicate over a machine network and having        a form factor compatible with being carried conveniently by a        single human operator. Mobile devices typically have wireless        communications capability via WAPs or cellular networks.    -   (modem) in this context refers to (modulator-demodulator) a        device that modulates a carrier signal to encode digital        information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to        decode the transmitted information.    -   (OS) in this context refers to logic that manages device        hardware resources and provides common services for application        logic. The operating system is a component of many devices, such        as computers and mobile phones. Application logic usually        requires an operating system in order to function. Operating        systems typically manage utilization of device resources, such        as I/O devices, displays, processor utilization, memory, mass        storage, and printing. The operating system acts as an        intermediary between applications and the hardware resources,        although applications are often (though not always, in the case        of virtual machines) executed directly by the device hardware        (e.g., one or more CPUs) and will frequently make system calls        to the operating system, or be interrupted by it. Operating        systems can be found on almost any device that contains a        programmable processor or controller, from cellular phones and        video game consoles to supercomputers and web servers.    -   (post) in this context refers to the act of making media        available to a machine user interface over a network, as in “the        photo was posted on social media”    -   (processor) in this context refers to any circuit or virtual        circuit (a physical circuit emulated by logic executing on an        actual processor) that manipulates data values according to        control signals (e.g., ‘commands’, ‘op codes’, ‘machine code’,        etc.) and which produces corresponding output signals that are        applied to operate a machine.    -   (RAM) in this context refers to (Random-Access Memory) a type of        memory that is fast relative to other (e.g., nonvolatile) memory        is a device, but is volatile, meaning stored information is lost        when electric power is removed. RAM is also typically freely        addressable, meaning addressability is not constrained to block        or sequential access. For these reasons, it is useful only for        temporary storage of data that requires fast access. A device        will typically have RAM and some kind non-volatile memory to        store a copy of all logic (i.e., ‘code’ and ‘data’) that needs        to be maintained when the device is powered off or that specific        logic is not executing on the device. Both the OS and        application software typically use RAM.    -   (RF) in this context refers to (radio frequency) a rate of        oscillation in the range of about 3 kHz to 300 GHz, which        corresponds to the frequency of electromagnetic radio waves, and        the alternating currents which carry radio signals. RF usually        refers to electrical rather than mechanical oscillations,        although mechanical RF systems do exist Radio Frequency RF can        refer to anything related to radio signals, which are invisible        electromagnetic waves created by applying a pulsing electric        current to an antenna. “RF” generally refers to the radio waves        themselves, or systems that handle radio signals directly, such        as the circuits connected directly to the antenna. Technically,        RF is the 10 kHz to 300 GHz frequency range of the        electromagnetic spectrum that can be used for wireless        communication known as radio.    -   (ROM) in this context refers to device memory containing data        that normally can only be read, not written to. Unlike a        computer's random access memory (RAM), the data in ROM is not        lost when the computer power is turned off. The data on the ROM        can usually be loaded into the RAM if needed. “Read-only memory”        may in fact be writable memory, but the process of writing data        is comparatively slow and infrequent as compared to RAM, and        often does not permit the addressing flexibility that RAM does.    -   (router) in this context refers to logic that distributes        digital information that is contained within a data packet. Each        data packet contains address information that a router can use        to determine if the source and destination are on the same        network, or if the data packet must be transferred from one        network to another. This transfer to another type of network is        achieved by encapsulating the data with network specific        protocol header information. When multiple routers are used in a        large collection of interconnected networks, the routers        exchange information about target system addresses, so that each        router can build up a table showing the preferred paths between        any two systems on the interconnected networks.    -   (sensor) in this context refers to a device or composition of        matter that responds to a physical stimulus (as heat, light,        sound, pressure, magnetism, or a particular motion) and        transmits a resulting impulse (as for measurement or operating a        control)    -   (server) in this context refers to logic designed to respond to        requests for functionality from client logic that interacts with        the server logic via a request/response model, often over a        network. Thus, the server performs some operation utilizing the        underlying resources of the device or devices hosting the        server, on behalf of clients (request submitters). The client        logic either executes on the same device or devices as the        server logic, or interacts with the server logic through a        machine data network.    -   (social media) in this context refers to logic to define and        enable interactions among people in which they create, share,        and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and        networks. Social media utilizes mobile and web-based        technologies to create highly interactive platforms through        which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and        modify user-generated content.    -   (speaker) in this context refers to Also, an electroacoustic        transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical or        optical audio signal input a device that converts signals output        from a device into vibrations in a physical medium, usually the        air    -   (transducer) in this context refers to a device that converts a        signal in one form of energy to another form of energy.[1]        Energy types include (but are not limited to) electrical,        mechanical, electromagnetic (including light), chemical,        acoustic and thermal energy. While the term transducer commonly        implies the use of a sensor/detector, any device which converts        energy can be considered a transducer. Transducers are widely        used in measuring instruments.    -   (USB) in this context refers to Also, USB is a standard for a        wired connection between two electronic devices, including a        mobile phone and a desktop computer. The connection is made by a        cable that has a connector at either end. One end, the one that        plugs into the computer, is the same across all USB cables while        the one that plugs into the mobile device can be of various        types such as miniUSB, microUSB or a proprietary connector. USB        version 1.1 provides maximum speeds of up to 1.5 MB/s while the        current version 2.0 is about 40 times faster. The versions are        backwards compatible and the speed is limited by the slower        device. Transferring data may require drivers to be installed on        the desktop computer but some phones offer “mass storage” mode        which means they appear as thumb drives to the computer and no        special drivers are needed. In addition to their data        transferring application, USB cables also carry an electric        charge that can be used to power peripherals (such as USB mice        or keyboards), and many mobile phones can be charged through        their USB port. Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry        standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables,        connectors and communications protocols used in a bus for        connection, communication and power supply between computers and        electronic devices, including mobile devices. USB was designed        to standardize the connection of computer peripherals (including        keyboards, pointing devices, digital cameras, printers, portable        media players, disk drives and network adapters) to personal        computers, both to communicate and to supply electric power. It        has become commonplace on other devices, such as smartphones,        PDAs and video game consoles. USB has effectively replaced a        variety of earlier interfaces, such as serial and parallel        ports, as well as separate power chargers for portable devices.    -   (video) in this context refers to information captured and        stored by a device representing a sequence of moving pictures.        Video may be captured, stored, and communicated by devices in        either analog or digital formats. (1) Refers to recording,        manipulating, and displaying moving images, especially in a        format that can be presented on a television. (2) Refers to        displaying images and text on a computer monitor or mobile        device. The video adapter, for example, is responsible for        sending signals to the display device.(n.) A recording produced        with a video recorder (camcorder) or some other device that        captures full motion    -   (WAN) in this context refers to (Wide Area Network) a network        that provides data communications to a larger number of users        than are usually served by a local area network (LAN) and is        usually spread over a larger geographic area than that of a LAN.        Logic implementing a network that covers a broad area (e.g., a        telecommunications network that links across metropolitan,        regional, or national boundaries) using private or public        network transports. Business and government entities utilize        WANs to relay data among employees, clients, buyers, and        suppliers from various geographical locations. The Internet can        be considered a WAN.    -   (WAP) in this context refers to Also, Wireless Application        Protocol, a technology designed to allow efficient transmission        of optimized Internet content and logic to mobile devices such        as mobile phones. In practical terms, this involves web sites        designed specifically to be rendered on phones or other devices        with small displays and, relative to devices such as desktop or        personal computers, limited bandwidth to the Internet. WAP is an        international standard for applications that use wireless        communication. Its most common application is to enable access        to the Internet from a mobile phone or a PDA. WAP sites are        websites written in or converted to WML (Wireless Markup        Language) and accessed via the WAP browser. (wireless access        point) a device that makes a wireless interface to a network        available to client devices. Examples of wireless network access        points are WiFi “hotspots” and 3G and 4G cellular hotspotsa        wireless access point, a device or system including radio        transceivers that convert digital information to and from radio        signals that can be exchanged with other wireless communication        devices. The most basic forms of wireless access points simply        for wireless connections. A wireless access point that includes        the ability of DHCP and network address translation (NAT) is        typically called a wireless gateway.    -   (web server) in this context refers to a device or device system        that delivers web pages in response to requests for the web        pages from web browsers. Also, logic to communicate web pages at        the request of clients, most typically using the Hypertext        Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The server communicates HTML documents        and any additional content that may be included by a document,        such as images, style sheets and scripts, as well as content        referenced by certain types of links (pointers) in the web        pages. A user agent, commonly a web browser or web crawler,        initiates communication with the web server by making a request        for a resource using (typically) HTTP, and the server responds        with the content of that resource or an error message if unable        to do so. The resource is typically a file on the server's        secondary storage, but this is not necessarily the case. Many        web servers have a capability of receiving content from clients.        This feature is used for submitting web forms, including        uploading of files.    -   (web server) in this context refers to a device or device system        that delivers web pages in response to requests for the web        pages from web browsers. Also, logic to communicate web pages at        the request of clients, most typically using the Hypertext        Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The server communicates HTML documents        and any additional content that may be included by a document,        such as images, style sheets and scripts, as well as content        referenced by certain types of links (pointers) in the web        pages. A user agent, commonly a web browser or web crawler,        initiates communication with the web server by making a request        for a resource using (typically) HTTP, and the server responds        with the content of that resource or an error message if unable        to do so. The resource is typically a file on the server's        secondary storage, but this is not necessarily the case. Many        web servers have a capability of receiving content from clients.        This feature is used for submitting web forms, including        uploading of files.    -   (WML) in this context refers to Wireless Markup Language An        industry-standard markup language for creating special, small        web sites optimized for phones. WML was a core feature of the        WAP 1.x standard. WML has generally been phased out in favor of        the newer xHTML standard, part of WAP 2.0. Most phones support        both WAP 1.x (WML and WAP 2.0 (XHTML). Older phones may only        support WAP 1.x (WML) sites.    -   (XML) in this context refers to eXtensible Markup Language A        standard that forms the basis for most modern markup languages.        XML is an extremely flexible format that only defines “ground        rules” for other languages that define a format for structured        data designed to be interpreted by software on devices. XML by        itself is not a data format. Examples of XML-based standards        include xHTML, for creating web pages, RSS, for feeds of new        information (such as news headlines), and SyncML, for managing        personal data such as contacts, email, files, and events. Some        phones feature a camera that gives them the ability to work as a        digital camera. Often (though not always) the camera is also        able to shoot video. The most important characteristics of a        camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus        type (either fixed or automatic) and the presence of a flash.        The flash could be either LED (single or even double) or xenon.        The number of megapixels is not always a good measurement of the        quality of the photos, but if you plan to print pictures, you        would generally get higher quality ones out of higher megapixel        cameras. Auto focus lens are not a guarantee of better image        quality, but fixed focus cameras are usually inferior. Most        importantly, only auto focus cameras can allow shooting of        really close objects—i.e. macro shooting. Some phones offer        optical zoom but those are rare. Most use digital zoom, which        degrades the quality of the photo. Cameras that can work in        “video mode” are characterized by the maximum resolution and        framerate (frames per second or fps) of the recorded video a        device that includes a light collecting chamber with an aperture        fitted with a lens and a shutter through which the image of an        object is projected onto a surface for recording (as on film) or        for translation into electrical impulses (as for television        broadcast)    -   logic that can be independently installed, accessed, and removed        from a device, and which executes at lower permission levels and        within confines as to functionality and device resource        utilization as determined by operating system software. Often        referred to as “regular” application logic, as opposed to        driver, applet, or system logic.

DESCRIPTION

Herein the term ‘photo’ is synonymous with ‘digital image’ or just‘image’. The term ‘portable device’ is synonymous with ‘mobile device’,which is a type of ‘client device’.

Described herein is a system and process for managing a digital photo.In the system, a camera captures a photo of a group of people. The photois communicated to a server system, which identifies the faces of peoplein the photo. The server system matches the faces to the communicationaddresses of portable devices of the people, or to the peoplethemselves. The server system communicates the photo to the portabledevices, and then receives votes from the portable devices approving ordisapproving of the photo. (People often don't like how they look inphotos).

The server system will post the photo to the social media accounts ofpeople corresponding to votes from the portable devices approving of thephoto. A correlation of people, facial representations of people,communication addresses (e.g., phone numbers or email addresses), andaccess credentials for their social media account may be associated inmachine memory organizations represented as tables in a database serversystem. (e.g., comprising a DBMS). The correlation may be made via amemory organization representing a passenger manifest on a vehicle suchas a cruise ship, bus, airplane, or train.

The server system may decline to post the photo to the social mediaaccounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devicesdisapproving of the photo. The server system may apply vehicle manifestlogic to locate and correlate people's faces to faces in the photo basedon the manifest. The manifest logic may include facial photos of peopleon the vehicle. The manifest logic may include communication addressesassociated with people on the vehicle and/or their mobile devices. Themanifest logic may include one of phone numbers or email addressesassociated with people on the vehicle. Each person identified in thephoto may be granted a right to edit a region of the photo identified bythe server system as containing an image of the person, for example byproviding a photo of the group to their mobile device for review only,and a photo of a subregion of the group photo in which the personappears, for editing and accepting back to the server for merging backinto the group photo. The server system may post the photo to the socialmedia accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portabledevices approving of the photo, but only on condition that a number ofvotes of approving of the photo exceeds a defined threshold less thanthe total number of people identified in the photo. The server systemmay post the photo to the social media accounts of people correspondingto votes from the portable devices approving of the photo, but decliningto tag those people in the photo who did not submit a vote of approvalfor the photo.

FIG. 1 illustrates a system for processing a digital photo. A wireless(e.g., WiFi) enabled camera 104 captures a photo of a group of people ina location. The location can be identified by a proximate wirelessaccess point 106, GPS coordinates, or by recognition of environmentalcues, for example. A photo taken with the camera is communicated atleast partially over wireless channels to a server system 108. Theserver system 108 checks a vehicle or other location manifest (e.g., alist of attendees in a meeting) and locates and identifies people'sfaces in the photo based on the manifest. To facilitate this process,the manifest may include facial photos of the people on the manifest, ormay contain other identifying information such as age, hair color, eyecolor, gender, etc. If a person is recognized in the photo, the photo iscommunicated to a portable wireless device 102 associated with thatperson. Thus, the photo may be communicated to multiple people that areidentified in the photo.

FIG. 2 is an illustration of a process for processing a digital photo. Aphoto is captured by a camera 104 and communicated to a server system108 (202, 204) via a WAP 106. People in the photo are identified andeach correlated to mobile devices 102 of the identified people (206,208) e.g., via phone numbers, or correlated to the people themselves,e.g. via email addresses. The photos are communicated to those mobiledevices 102 (210). Each of the people identified in the photo gain theright to edit a region of the photo identified by the server system ascontaining the person's image. Each person in the photo can vote onapproving or declining the photo, and those votes are sent from themobile devices 102 to the server system 108 either via the WAP 106, orvia a cellular network (212). Voting methodology may be enforced, forexample, if two thirds of the people vote to approve the photo, in whichcase it may be entered into their social media account (214) (either aglobal account, or a local account that is later merged into theirglobal social media account). Or, it may be offered for purchase tothose who approved it.

If however a threshold of people identified in the photo decline toapprove it, the photo will not be entered into the social media accountsof the declining people, or anyone else in the photo, even if theyapprove it. If a threshold of people in the photo approve it, the photomay be entered into their social media accounts but the people whodecline the photo will not be checked in as being in attendance withthose people (e.g., they won't be “tagged” in the photo). One embodimentenables people who decline the photo to have their image digitallyremoved from the photo before it's posted to the social media accountswho have accepted the photo. This may be done by replacing pixels in theimage corresponding to a subregion of the photo where the disapprovingperson appears, using known techniques.

In one embodiment, some people located in a photo are identified asbeing in the foreground of the photo or as otherwise belonging in thephoto, as opposed to people unintentionally in the photo. For example,looking into the camera as opposed to looking away, perhaps incombination with a posture of walking past the camera or standing in thebackground, might identify a person as belonging in the photo or not.“Background people” who are not intentionally in the photo are notcontacted, even if their faces are or could be recognized. They are notprovided with a copy of the photo nor are they associated with thepeople in the photo for purposes of social media recording.

FIG. 3 is an illustration of a process for processing a digital photo.The photo is communicated to mobile devices of people identified inphoto 302. In a voting-approval type implementation, a majority of thepeople in the photo or some number above a threshold would have toapprove of the photo (304) before it would be retained or recorded onsocial media. Otherwise a message may be returned to the camera whichcaptures the photo, and/or to the mobile devices of the people in thephoto, indicating the photo was declined and a new photo should betaken. In one embodiment, people have the option of disproving their ownappearances in the photos, so that they may be removed from the photo orobscured in it if they disapprove (306).

The people who approve the photo are retained in it, and a new photoshowing everyone who approved of the photo (and those who disapprovedremoved or obscured) may be distributed to the communication devices ofthe approvers for re-approval (308), but not to the devices of thepeople who disapprove of the original photo. In the new photo the peoplewho disapproved are digitally obscured or removed from the photo, andthe photo posted to the social media accounts of the approvers (310).All approvers may be “checked in” (a social media action on content,known in the art) as being together at a location (312).

FIG. 4 illustrates the exemplary of an embodiment a machine system forproviding network resources to client devices. Several network accesstechnologies between client devices and server resources areillustrated, including cellular network 432, LAN 436, and WAP 424.Signals representing server resource requests are output from clientdevices 410, 420, 428>, and 434 to the various access networks, fromwhich they are propagated to a WAN 422 (e.g., the Internet) and fromthere to a server system. These signals are typically encoded intostandard protocols such as Internet Protocol (IP), TCP/IP, and HTTP.When the clients are part of a LAN 436, the signals may be propagatedvia one or more router 414 416 and a bridge 418. A router 426 maypropagate signals from the WAP 424 to the WAN 422. A gateway 430 maypropagate signals from the cellular network 432 to the WAN 422. Theserver system inn this example comprises a number of separate serverdevices, typically each implemented in the separated machine, althoughthis is not necessarily the case. The signals from the client devicesare provided via a load balancing server 408 to one or more applicationserver 404 (e.g., photo processing server) and one or more databaseserver 416. Load balancing server 408 maintains an even loaddistribution to the other server, including web server 402, applicationserver 404, and database service 406. Each server in the drawing mayrepresent in effect multiple servers of that type. The signals influenceone or more processors of the application server 404 to produce a signalindicative of received photos and votes on photos. For example, signalsfrom a client device and indicative of a photo may be applied to theapplication server's processor and memory internal devices to influencethe production of passenger identifier signals for people represented inthe photo. Database service 406 may provide signals in response toresource request indicative of a passenger manifest. The signals appliedto the database server 406 may cause the database server 406 to accessand certain memory addresses, which correlates to certain rows andcolumns in a memory device. These signals from the database server 406may also be applied to application server 404 via the load balancingserver 408 to influence the computation of a signal representing aclient device of a person identified in the photo. The signalsrepresenting photos, passenger facial photos, manifest information, etc.are applied by the application server 404, via the load balancing server408, to the web server 402, which in turn communicates information to aclient device (such as received photos), and receives signals from theclient device indicative of, for example, votes. The photo processingsystem may thus be implemented as devices coordinated on a LAN, or overa wide geographical area utilizing a WAN or cellular network, or over alimited area (room or house or store/bar) utilizing a WAP. Photo viewingand voting logic may be implemented, for example, as an application(app) on a mobile phone coordinated wirelessly (e.g., Bluetooth) with alocal device (e.g., laptop), or as a BlueTooth or other short range RFdevice signaling a WAP of a LAN or hotspot. The photo processing servicemay be implemented as a pure or hybrid peer to peer system in a local orwidely distributed area.

FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of a computer system machine and amachine communication network. The computer system 500 may implement aphoto processing server as described herein. A particular computersystem 500 of the network may include one or more processing units 512a, 512 b (collectively 512), a system memory 514 and a system bus 516that couples various system components including the system memory 514to the processing units 512. The processing units 512 may be any logicprocessing unit, such as one or more central processing units (CPUs) 512a, digital signal processors (DSPs) 512 b, application-specificintegrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs),etc. The system bus 516 can employ any known bus structures orarchitectures, including a memory bus with memory controller, aperipheral bus, and a local bus. The system memory 514 includesread-only memory (ROM) 518 and random access memory (RAM) 520. A basicinput/output system (BIOS) 522, which can form part of the ROM 518,contains basic routines that help transfer information between elementswithin the computer system 500, such as during start-up.

The computer system 500 may also include a plurality of interfaces suchas network interface 560, interface 550 supporting modem 562 or anyother wireless/wired interfaces.

The computer system 500 may include a hard disk drive 524 for readingfrom and writing to a hard disk 526, an optical disk drive 528 forreading from and writing to removable optical disks 532, and/or amagnetic disk drive 530 for reading from and writing to magnetic disks534. The optical disk 532 can be a CD-ROM, while the magnetic disk 534can be a magnetic floppy disk or diskette. The hard disk drive 524,optical disk drive 528 and magnetic disk drive 530 may communicate withthe processing unit 512 via the system bus 516. The hard disk drive 524,optical disk drive 528 and magnetic disk drive 530 may includeinterfaces or controllers (not shown) coupled between such drives andthe system bus 516, as is known by those skilled in the relevant art.The drives 524, 528 and 230, and their associated computer-readablestorage media 526, 532, 534, may provide non-volatile and non-transitorystorage of computer readable instructions, data structures, programmodules and other data for the computer system 500. Although thedepicted computer system 500 is illustrated employing a hard disk 524,optical disk 528 and magnetic disk 530, those skilled in the relevantart will appreciate that other types of computer-readable storage mediathat can store data accessible by a computer may be employed, such asmagnetic cassettes, flash memory, digital video disks (DVD), Bernoullicartridges, RAMs, ROMs, smart cards, etc. For example, computer-readablestorage media may include, but is not limited to, random access memory(RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmableread-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory, compact disc ROM (CD-ROM),digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magneticcassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magneticstorage devices, solid state memory or any other medium which can beused to store the desired information and which may be accessed byprocessing unit 512 a.

Program modules can be stored in the system memory 514, such as anoperating system 536, one or more application programs 538, otherprograms or modules 540 and program data 542. Application programs 538may include instructions that cause the processor(s) 512 toautomatically provide dynamic selection of data and telecommunicationservice providers before or during communications between variousdevices such as, for example, a mobile device and a landline telephone.Other program modules 540 may include instructions for handling securitysuch as password or other access protection and communicationsencryption. The system memory 514 may also include communicationsprograms, for example, a Web client or browser 544 for permitting thecomputer system 500 to access and exchange data with sources such as Websites of the Internet, corporate intranets, extranets, or other networksand devices as described herein, as well as other server applications onserver computing systems. The browser 544 in the depicted embodiment ismarkup language based, such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML),Extensible Markup Language (XML) or Wireless Markup Language (WML), andoperates with markup languages that use syntactically delimitedcharacters added to the data of a document to represent the structure ofthe document. A number of Web clients or browsers are commerciallyavailable such as those from Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft.

Although illustrated as being stored in the system memory 514, theoperating system 536, application programs 538, other programs/modules540, program data 542 and browser 544 can be stored on the hard disk 526of the hard disk drive 524, the optical disk 532 of the optical diskdrive 528 and/or the magnetic disk 534 of the magnetic disk drive 530.

An operator can enter commands and information into the computer system500 through input devices such as a touch screen or keyboard 546 and/ora pointing device such as a mouse 548, and/or via a graphical userinterface. Other input devices can include a microphone, joystick, gamepad, tablet, scanner, etc. These and other input devices are connectedto one or more of the processing units 512 through an interface 550 suchas a serial port interface that couples to the system bus 516, althoughother interfaces such as a parallel port, a game port or a wirelessinterface or a universal serial bus (USB) can be used. A monitor 552 orother display device is coupled to the system bus 516 via a videointerface 254, such as a video adapter. The computer system 500 caninclude other output devices, such as speakers, printers, etc.

The computer system 500 can operate in a networked environment usinglogical connections to one or more remote computers and/or devices. Forexample, the computer system 500 can operate in a networked environmentusing logical connections to one or more mobile devices, landlinetelephones and other service providers or information servers.Communications may be via a wired and/or wireless network architecture,for instance wired and wireless enterprise-wide computer networks,intranets, extranets, telecommunications networks, cellular networks,paging networks, and other mobile networks.

FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment of a mobile device 600 that mayimplement a machine having features described herein, for example a cellphone device to receive photos and provide voting signals to the photoprocessing system. Logic 620 provides device system control over othercomponents and coordination between those components as well as basebandsignal processing for the device. Baseband signal processing extractsbaseband signals from the radio frequency signals received by thedevice, and processes baseband signals up to radio frequency signals forcommunications transmitted from the device. Logic 620 may comprise acentral processing unit, digital signal processor, and/or one or morecontrollers or combinations above these components. The device mayfurther comprise memory card 608 which may be utilized to add and removemachine memory for use by the central processors, digital signalprocessors in controllers of the systems logic 620.

Radio frequency signals are received and transmitted by the device usingan antenna 634 coupled to antenna switch 604. Received signals may becommunicated from the antenna switch 604 through a low noise amplifierto the logic 620. Signals for transmission from logic 620 may becommunicated to a power amplifier and from there to antenna switch 604for transmission through the antenna 634.

A subscriber identity module (SIM) card 606 may be present in somemobile devices, especially those operated on the Global System forMobile Communication (GSM) network. The SIM card 606 stores, inmachine-readable memory, personal information of a mobile servicesubscriber, such as the subscriber's cell phone number, address book,text messages, and other personal data. A user of the device can movethe SIM card to a different mobile device 600 and maintain access totheir personal information. A SIM card typically has a unique numberwhich identifies the subscriber to the wireless network serviceprovider.

A camera module 610 may interface to a camera device to capture imagesand video from the environment. These images and video are provided toan image processing module 614 and from there to the central controllogic 420 for processing. Images, video and other display information,for example, user interface optical patterns, may be output to a displaymodule 630 which may for example operate as a liquid crystal display ormay utilize other optical output technology. The display module 630 mayalso operate as a user input device, being touch sensitive where contactor close contact by a use's finger or other device handled by the usermay be detected by transducers. An area of contact or proximity to thedisplay module 630 may also be detected by transducers and thisinformation may be supplied to the control logic 620 to affect theinternal operation of the mobile device 600 and to influence control andoperation of its various components.

The mobile device 600 may include an MP3 decoder 612 for decodingdigital music files or audio files stored on memory card 608 or receivedin real time via antenna 634. The MP3 decoder 612 is operated by thelogic 620 and decoded audio is provided to an audio circuit 622 fromwhich is output to one and more speakers to create pressure waves in theexternal environment representing the encoded audio in the MP3 file orstream.

The mobile device 600 may operate on power received from a battery 616.The battery capability and energy supply may be managed by a powermanagement module 618.

Another user interface device operated by control logic 620 is a keypad628 which responds to pressure or contact events by a user of thedevice. As noted the keypad may in some cases be implemented bytransducers of the display module 630.

The mobile device 600 may generate short range wireless signals toinfluence other devices in its proximity, and may receive wirelesssignals from those proximate devices using antenna 636. Short rangeradio signals may influence the device, or be generated by the devicefor output to the environment, through a BlueTooth module 626. Otherforms of electromagnetic radiation may be used to interact withproximate devices, such as IRDA (infrared signals). The device mayutilize a haptic drive circuit 624 which provides vibrations in responseto events identified by control logic 620, such as the received textmessages, emails, incoming calls or other events that require the useror the device's attention.

The mobile device 600 may convert audio phenomenon from the environmentinto internal electro or optical signals by using microphone and theaudio module 622. The mobile device 600 may receive television signalsusing a TV tuner 602 coupled to a television antenna 632.

Implementations and Alternatives

The techniques and procedures described herein may be implemented vialogic distributed in one or more computing devices. The particulardistribution and choice of logic may vary according to implementation.

Those having skill in the art will appreciate that there are variouslogic implementations by which processes and/or systems described hereincan be effected (e.g., hardware, software, and/or firmware), and thatthe preferred vehicle will vary with the context in which the processesare deployed. “Software” refers to logic that may be readily readaptedto different purposes (e.g. read/write volatile or nonvolatile memory ormedia). “Firmware” refers to logic embodied as read-only memories and/ormedia. Hardware refers to logic embodied as analog and/or digitalcircuits. If an implementer determines that speed and accuracy areparamount, the implementer may opt for a hardware and/or firmwarevehicle; alternatively, if flexibility is paramount, the implementer mayopt for a solely software implementation; or, yet again alternatively,the implementer may opt for some combination of hardware, software,and/or firmware. Hence, there are several possible vehicles by which theprocesses described herein may be effected, none of which is inherentlysuperior to the other in that any vehicle to be utilized is a choicedependent upon the context in which the vehicle will be deployed and thespecific concerns (e.g., speed, flexibility, or predictability) of theimplementer, any of which may vary. Those skilled in the art willrecognize that optical aspects of implementations may involveoptically-oriented hardware, software, and or firmware.

The foregoing detailed description has set forth various embodiments ofthe devices and/or processes via the use of block diagrams, flowcharts,and/or examples. Insofar as such block diagrams, flowcharts, and/orexamples contain one or more functions and/or operations, it will beunderstood as notorious by those within the art that each functionand/or operation within such block diagrams, flowcharts, or examples canbe implemented, individually and/or collectively, by a wide range ofhardware, software, firmware, or virtually any combination thereof.Several portions of the subject matter described herein may beimplemented via Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), FieldProgrammable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processors (DSPs), orother integrated formats. However, those skilled in the art willrecognize that some aspects of the embodiments disclosed herein, inwhole or in part, can be equivalently implemented in standard integratedcircuits, as one or more computer programs running on one or morecomputers (e.g., as one or more programs running on one or more computersystems), as one or more programs running on one or more processors(e.g., as one or more programs running on one or more microprocessors),as firmware, or as virtually any combination thereof, and that designingthe circuitry and/or writing the code for the software and/or firmwarewould be well within the skill of one of skill in the art in light ofthis disclosure. In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciatethat the mechanisms of the subject matter described herein are capableof being distributed as a program product in a variety of forms, andthat an illustrative embodiment of the subject matter described hereinapplies equally regardless of the particular type of signal bearingmedia used to actually carry out the distribution. Examples of a signalbearing media include, but are not limited to, the following: recordabletype media such as floppy disks, hard disk drives, CD ROMs, digitaltape, and computer memory.

In a general sense, those skilled in the art will recognize that thevarious aspects described herein which can be implemented, individuallyand/or collectively, by a wide range of hardware, software, firmware, orany combination thereof can be viewed as being composed of various typesof “circuitry.” Consequently, as used herein “circuitry” includes, butis not limited to, electrical circuitry having at least one discreteelectrical circuit, electrical circuitry having at least one integratedcircuit, electrical circuitry having at least one application specificintegrated circuit, circuitry forming a general purpose computing deviceconfigured by a computer program (e.g., a general purpose computerconfigured by a computer program which at least partially carries outprocesses and/or devices described herein, or a microprocessorconfigured by a computer program which at least partially carries outprocesses and/or devices described herein), circuitry forming a memorydevice (e.g., forms of random access memory), and/or circuitry forming acommunications device (e.g., a modem, communications switch, oroptical-electrical equipment).

Those skilled in the art will recognize that it is common within the artto describe devices and/or processes in the fashion set forth herein,and thereafter use standard engineering practices to integrate suchdescribed devices and/or processes into larger systems. That is, atleast a portion of the devices and/or processes described herein can beintegrated into a network processing system via a reasonable amount ofexperimentation.

The foregoing described aspects depict different components containedwithin, or connected with, different other components. It is to beunderstood that such depicted architectures are merely exemplary, andthat in fact many other architectures can be implemented which achievethe same functionality. In a conceptual sense, any arrangement ofcomponents to achieve the same functionality is effectively “associated”such that the desired functionality is achieved. Hence, any twocomponents herein combined to achieve a particular functionality can beseen as “associated with” each other such that the desired functionalityis achieved, irrespective of architectures or intermedial componentsLikewise, any two components so associated can also be viewed as being“operably connected”, or “operably coupled”, to each other to achievethe desired functionality.

What is claimed is:
 1. A process of managing a digital photo,comprising: capturing a photo using a digital camera; communicating thephoto to a server system; the server system identifying faces of peoplein the photo; the server system matching the faces of people in thephoto to communication addresses of portable devices; the server systemcommunicating the photo to portable devices corresponding to thecommunication addresses of portable devices; the server system receivingvotes from the portable devices approving or disapproving of the photo;and the server system posting the photo only to social media accounts ofpeople corresponding to portable devices submitting votes approving ofthe photo.
 2. The process of claim 1, further comprising: the serversystem declining to post the photo to the social media accounts of thepeople corresponding to portable devices submitting votes disapprovingof the photo.
 3. The process of claim 1, further comprising: the serversystem applying vehicle manifest logic to locate and correlate thepeople corresponding to portable devices to the faces of people in thephoto.
 4. The process of claim 3, further comprising: the vehiclemanifest logic comprising facial photos of vehicle passengers.
 5. Theprocess of claim 4, further comprising: manifest logic comprising thecommunication addresses of portable devices and an association of thecommunication addresses of portable devices, the portable devices, andthe vehicle passengers.
 6. The process of claim 5, further comprising:the manifest logic comprising one of phone numbers or email addressesassociated with the vehicle passengers or the portable devices.
 7. Theprocess of claim 1, further comprising: the server system granting aright to edit a corresponding region of the photo to a correspondingperson of the people corresponding to portable devices, thecorresponding region of the photo corresponding to a region of the photocomprising a facial representation of the corresponding person.
 8. Theprocess of claim 1, further comprising: the server system posting thephoto to the social media accounts of the people corresponding toportable devices submitting the votes approving of the photo only oncondition that a number of votes approving of the photo exceeds adefined threshold less than a total number of the people correspondingto portable devices.
 9. The process of claim 8, further comprising: theserver system posting the photo to the social media accounts of thepeople corresponding to portable devices submitting the votes approvingof the photo but declining to tag the posting on the social mediaaccounts with an identification of the people corresponding to portabledevices submitting votes disapproving of the photo.
 10. The process ofclaim 1, further comprising: the server system digitally removing thefaces of people in the photo of the people corresponding to portabledevices submitting votes disapproving of the photo.
 11. A server systemfor processing digital photos, comprising: logic to interface to amachine communication network; logic to receive a digital photo via thelogic to interface to the machine communication network; logic toidentify faces of people in the photo; logic to match the faces ofpeople in the photo to communication addresses of portable devices;logic to communicate the photo to portable devices associated with thecommunication addresses of portable devices; logic to receive andtabulate votes from the portable devices approving or disapproving ofthe photo; and logic to post the photo to social media accounts ofpeople corresponding to the portable devices submitting the votes fromthe portable devices approving of the photo.
 12. The server system ofclaim 11, further comprising: logic to decline to post the photo to thesocial media accounts of people corresponding to the portable devicessubmitting the votes from the portable devices disapproving of thephoto.
 13. The server system of claim 11, further comprising: logic toapply vehicle manifest logic to correlate the faces of people in thephoto to the portable devices.
 14. The server system of claim 13,further comprising: manifest logic comprising facial photos of vehiclepassengers and correlations of the vehicle passengers to the portabledevices.
 15. The server system of claim 14, further comprising: themanifest logic comprising the communication addresses of portabledevices.
 16. The server system of claim 11, further comprising: logic todigitally remove from the photo the faces of people in the photocorresponding to the portable devices submitting the votes from theportable devices disapproving of the photo.